Post by Aylbirt on Mar 12, 2011 11:06:01 GMT
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Name: Aylbirt Amplehoof
Nickname/Alias(es): Ayl
Race: Earth Pony
Gender: Male
Age: Adult
-Physical Stuff-
Pelt Color: Deep blue
Mane/Tail Color and Style:Three shades of green (Light, dark, medium, in that order from top to bottom,) extremely fluffy. Almost always in his eyes, but can be blown/tossed out when he needs to see up close detail.
Eye Color: Yellow, same as his hooves, and the outline of his mark.
Cutie Mark:A double eighth note above and to the left of a treble clef. Below the clef and to the left again is a single eighth note. These are brown, and outlined in the same yellow as his hooves and eyes.
Other Scars/Markings: N/A
Physique:Built somewhat like a typical male pony; thick body, thick face, thick neck. But his legs are shorter, stockier, and his chest is very deep. He looks a little off, as his legs seem too short for his body, making his head look far too large. There is a lot of muscle in his back legs, his neck, and his chest. He is rarely ever seen without his harness on, which his repair cart hooks into so he can pull it around with him wherever he goes.
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Current Residence:None, he wanders around Ponyville and sleeps under the stars and trees. He’s hoping to purchase a house, but he’s new to the town, and doesn’t have one yet. Once lived in Fillydelphia.
Job: Musical instrument repair cart.
Mother: Metere Pisodes
Father: Samuel Amplehoof
Sibling(s): None.
Other Family:
Closest Friends: Simpy and Brackish, both with their own families.
Courting/Courted By: None.
Mate: None.
Foal(s): None.
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Motivation:Watching young, and old ponies discover or rediscover the magic of music when he replaces a snapped string, unbends a dented tuba, or sells them their first tambourine. When they hear what they can make, their faces light up, and that’s all the motivation he needs to keep doing what he’s doing. Even though it doesn’t bring in much money, it makes ponies smile, and that’s all that matters.
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Overall Persona:Aylbrit is a very large, but very kind, soul that wouldn’t dare hurt a hair/feather/scale on anybeast’s head. He looks absolutely ridiculous with his large head and stumpy legs, mane and tail dragging through the mud; but under the odd appearance is a heart of gold that can find no wrong in the coldest of ponies. He’d fit perfectly into the gentle giant category, if it weren’t for his legs that fit him into the shorter of the males of Equestria. But he wouldn’t know it. In his mind he’s just as tall as the other bronies, he really doesn’t know that he’s shorter than almost everyone else.
While there’s nothing physically wrong with him, Ayl chooses not to speak often, if at all. There are some phrases that require him to converse with others, such as give them the total of how much fixing their instrument will be. However, beyond business, he rarely, if ever, says a word to anyone. He relies on writing in the dust with his hooves, some paper and a pencil, or body language. It’s not for any reason other than he just doesn’t like to talk. He finds that listening solves more problems than talking ever does, so talking just takes up his time and he doesn’t partake in it often. He’s earned quite a reputation in his hometown as the “weird silent one.” But he lives with “silence is golden” and sticks to it.
Being an Earth Pony, he does not have any magical ability of his own. So how does he repair music instruments? Using tools, limbs, and good old-fashioned hard work. A string is replaced on a violin using delicate biting of the tuning peg and twisting to just the right tension, a dropped tuba is un-dented by careful kicks and bangs of both shod and unshod hooves. Even delicate horse-hair bows are re-haired with a clamp and a strong neck. Ayl enjoys getting down and dirty in his work, putting muscle and grunt into every inch of making every musical experience the very best.